Steven is someone who hasn’t just written about the history of video games, he has lived it; meeting some of the biggest names in the industry. Steven was gracious enough to share some of his time with us. This week we discussed asked some more community questions, but which ones?

• Donkey Kong Country
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
• Guitar Hero
• Metroid (series)

Evan Wolbach stopped by Waffling Taylors HQ to discuss his Outbreak series. This series of survival horror games take inspiration from the greats of the genre, but also look to rogue-likes for some inspiration, too.

• Resident Evil (series)
• Silent Hill (series)
• Alone in the Dark (series)
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2

We had the incredibly rare privilege of talking with Philip Oliver - one half of The Oliver Twins - about their history in the British Game Development scene; from the early 80s all the way up to now. We talked about Dizzy, the EverCade, and everything in between.

• Dizzy
• The Mummy Returns
• Fusion Frenzy
• Frogger 2
• Glover

Jay had the chance to sit with a legend in the video gaming industry: Gregg Barnett. He has worked on immersing and game changing (if you’ll pardon the pun) titles since the early 80s including Hungry Horace, the Discworld adventure games, and Ghost Master.

• Space Invaders
• Pac-Man
• Ghost Master
• Discworld
• Goldeneye 007

Chief returns to talk Mini consoles, metaphors that don’t really work, buying consoles at launch (and why you should never do that), and a little on DRM

• Goldeneye 007
• Street Fighter II
• Star Fox (series)
• Final Fantasy VII
• Metal Gear Solid

We talked about it last time, and here it is: Jays Japan Diaries. It’s a 30 minute trip to Japan and back, in audio form.

• Command & Conquer (series)
• Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia
• Godzilla
• Initial D: The 6th Stage
• Pokémon Go

Our first episode back since our break (and my recent vacation to Japan). It marks the start of season 2, we talk about what we’ve been playing, and I drop some Japan knowledge.

• Bloodborne
• Borderlands (series)
• Command & Conquer (series)
• Dark Souls
• Dead Souls